Our Executive Management Team

Daniel Dargham, President & CEO

Daniel Dargham brings twenty years of international experience in a diversified range of software engineering, marketing, sales and general management experience to Lohika, from both established and high-growth companies at the cutting edge of software development.

Mr. Dargham comes to Lohika from KLA-Tencor, where he held full P&L responsibility for the Test and Analysis Software Division, including the management of the Custom Software Development and Client Services departments.

While at KLA-Tencor, he achieved 250% revenue growth in three years, and developed the annual Strategic Plans for his division. He is also credited with turning around the Test Software product line, making it the most profitable in the company. Prior to KLA-Tencor, Mr. Dargham was at IBM, where he held several software engineering and engineering management roles in data analysis application development. Leading an IBM-Siemens (now Infineon) joint venture team, he was instrumental in introducing and ramping up IBM's Advanced Memory Manufacturing Line in Paris.

Daniel holds an MBA from Stanford University and a MS in Electrical Engineering from INSA Lyon, France.

Michael Makishima, CFO

Michael brings to Lohika a 20-year track record in financial and operations management, with a concentrated focus in the IT professional services and software industries.

Michael's experience includes the CFO role at Inventa Technologies, a professional services firm focused on enabling organizations to broaden and optimize operational capabilities through technology-based solutions. At Inventa, Michael was responsible for worldwide finance, accounting, MIS, recruiting, facilities, and administration.

Prior to Inventa, Michael held various senior management positions in finance and operations at Liant Software. His responsibilities included M&A - primarily centered on due diligence and post-merger integration, operational finance, and software manufacturing. He was also instrumental in establishing Liant's presence in Europe.

Michael received his BS in Economics (with Honors) from University of San Francisco.

Andrey H. Hankevych, CTO & EVP Engineering

With over twenty years experience in the software industry and fifteen years managerial experience with an emphasis in financial services and e-commerce, Andrey Hankevych brings extensive technology management experience to Lohika, providing strategic guidance in technology, as well as leadership to our engineers.

His work experience includes five years as Executive Vice President at Ameropa Capital Markets/Deutsche Kapital Anlagen, Ltd., where he was responsible for U.S. operations of a joint German/U.S. venture capital and real estate investment consulting firm. More recently, Mr. Hankevych held the position of Chief Technology Officer for LiquidityLINK.com where he was responsible for the architectural design and implementation of the company's transactional financial product, a B2B e-commerce site and online trading system for Commercial Paper.

LiquidityLINK.com and its product were acquired by Reuters and made part of the Reuters family of web financial markets sites. Mr. Hankevych also spent seven years at Coopers & Lybrand where he developed the Structured Finance practice and directed the design and development of CMO/Asset-Backed Securities computer models.

Mr. Hankevych received his BEE in Computer Engineering from Manhattan College in New York.